General complaint thread

[Shirai]

As you say yourself, it still takes a considerably well geared puppetmaster to be on par with monk. (Not counting the little droid.)
If they have the dedication to get geared like that then they belong there.

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That said however, taking Kenkonken out of the equation, where Puppetmasters are cramming items to compensate for the lower MA, Monk has the option for other pieces such as multi-hit, accuracy or attack.
Apart from that, there are several fairly powerful items which Monk can wear and Puppetmaster can't, like the Felistris Mask, Mekosuchinae harness and Anguinus and Caudata belts.
And let's not forget the ammo slot, which Puppetmaster is forced to sacrifice at all times. (Surely for a good cause, but it's still a sacrifice to the Puppetmaster's own DPS build)

While this doesn't really matter on fodder where most melee jobs cap acc/atk anyway, later on on mobs where Accuracy becomes an important factor (T2 Delve and level 128+ Incursion bosses) Puppetmaster will start falling behind on monk again.
And then there's also Monk's defensive capabilities giving them a little edge over Puppetmasters.
(I do hope they don't mind us debating this in a red mage thread, though. )